Pleasley Pit to host inaugural Food and Beer Festival
Food and beer festival to take place in Pleasley
The former Pleasley colliery will provide the backdrop for the first-ever culinary festival on the site.
Pleasley Pit Trust is hosting a Food and Beer Festival, offering everything from locally-produced ales and coffees to authentic pizzas and sweet treats.
There will also be plenty of entertainment, with water fights for both adults and children, live music, a sand pit from Mansfield Sand and a ‘Pit’s Got Talent’ competition where people can showcase their singing, music, dancing or magic tricks – and even their dogs’ skills – complete with a panel of judges.
Nicole Parkes, development officer at the trust, said: “We’ve never had a festival here before. We’re trying to bring in a new audience of the younger generation and families.”
There will be live music from the Radford and Weeks band; drinks from Pleasley’s Nags Head pub; cookie dough from artisanal creators Cookie Club; doughnuts, cookies, muffins and coffee from Nottingham-based Beanz Around the World; authentic Neapolitan pizzas from Crusty Crew and drinks from The Sip and Stumble mobile bar, in addition to the pit café being open.
Stalls include Denise Taylor’s Homemade Gifts and Wendy Soo’s Cute Little Bags, with more traders to be announced.
The food and beer festival is the latest in a string of exciting events organised by the trust.
Earlier this year, the site played host to a dog show, a Paws on the Pit Path dog walk and, most recently, a Murder at the Pit whodunnit-style event.
Councillor Tom Munro, Bolsover District Council’s portfolio holder for Growth, said: “In Pleasley Pit, we are very lucky to have a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM) in our local area, with the remaining pit buildings acting as a focal point of heritage next to the vast nature reserve.
“Events like this Food and Beer Festival will hopefully appeal to a wider audience, raising the profile of this site of interest and proving that it is much more than a museum.”
Pleasley Pit’s Food and Beer Festival takes place from 11am-6pm on Saturday, August 22 at Pleasley Pit Visitor Centre, in Pit Lane.
To find out more, please visit Pleasley Pit Trust’s Facebook page.